ctan-ann July 2009

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

after a long silence, the upload daemon rouses itself from its slumbers and whispers: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX > programmers with special syntax conventions, completely > separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands > provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for > use in describing design layouts in document class files. > > This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel > and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been > taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as > regular packages. > > The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according > to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the > primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules > define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. > > At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{expl3} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1422) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release follows closely on from an earlier snapshot > (SVN 1407). The changes are to a small number of functions. > These can be divided into three categories: > > New functions: > - cs_gundefine:c > - exp_args:NNNV > - prop_put:NnV > - seq_remove_duplicates:N > - seq_gremove_duplicates:N > > Removed functions: > - exp_args:Nd > - exp_args:NNd > - l_set:Nd > - l_gset:Nd > - oks_set:Nd > - oks_set:cd > > Bug fixes for: > - l_put_right:cV > - l_put_left:cV > - l_rescan:nn > > The removed functions reflect the last alterations made possible > by the introduction of the V specifier. It is not anticipated > that any other functions will be removed from expl3, although > more additons are likely as the code is more widely used. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3 the version information in the web catalogue entry will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: ConTeXt Top Ten Commands
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

This package is new on ctan. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Top Ten Commands Uploader's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/context-top-ten Summary description: Frequently used ConTeXt commands License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an introductory document on ConTeXt (www.pragma-ade.nl) frequently used commands written by Corsair. In the beginning of the ConTEXt manual (see cont-eni.pdf on ConTeXt official site), Hans Hagen listed ten groups of them which are considered most frequently used, and this short document tries to explain these commands in detail. 1. starttext, stoptext 2. chapter, section, itle, subject, setuphead, completecontent 3. em, f, cap 4. startitemize, stopitemize, item, head 5. abbreviation, infull, completelistofabbreviations 6. placefigure, externalfigure, useexternalfigures 7. placetable, starttable, stoptable 8. definedescription, defineenumeration 9. index, completeindex 10. setuplayout, setupfootertexts, setupheadertexts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-top-ten (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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tug.ctan.org upload: Chinese Font Metrics
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: 0.9 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese Font Metrics is a set of font metrics for using Chinese fonts under the latex- >dvipdfmx or pdflatex route. Note, latex->dvips is not supported since dvips can not embed ttf. In order to use that in dvips, you should create type1 subfonts from truetype files by your self (perhaps using ttf2pt1 or fontforge). No actual Chinese TrueType typeface font is provided in the package. If you want to use this package, bear in mind that a set of ttfs (like sim*.ttf distributed in Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP) are needed for font embedding. Just copy the sim*.ttf to corresponding directory enables you to typeset Chinese out of the box. If you are using other fonts, you might consider adding/modifying the map lines manually. the package contained files in three categories : - fonts/tfm: contained all the tfm metric files for 6 typeface (kai, song, lishu, fangsong, youyuan, hei) in two widely used character encodings (GBK and UTF-8) here. - scripts: in order to make sure that all the above tfms distributed have no legal problems (since most Chinese TrueType fonts are commercial, and converting that using ttf2tfm might raise some legal problems) Lingyun Wu wrote a script to generate the metrics. Lua and pltotf are used to generate the tfms, no actual ttf are involved thanks to the fact that Chinese characters are monospace font by nature. - fonts/map and tex/latex/zhwinfonts: default map file (for simsun.ttf, simhei.ttf, simfang.ttf, simkai,ttf, simli.ttf and simyou.ttf. These fonts are widely used in China) for pdftex, ttf2pk and dvipdfmx. The package is created following Yue Wang's article. If you are interested in why this package can do the magic, that article explains everything, available on http://bbs.ctex.org/viewthread.php?tid=50078. This package is licensed in LPPL. If you are interested in the process of development you may observe http://code.google.com/p/ctex-kit/updates/list - Yue Wang and Lingyun Wu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/chinese-font-metrics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chinese-font-metrics (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: Asymptote Manual (Chinese Translation)
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

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CTAN has a new package: Asymptote By Example
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote By Example Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info Summary description: A Chinese Asymptote Tutorial License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Asymptote by Example is an Asymptote tutorial in Simplified Chinese by milksea at ctex.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/asymptote-by-example . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote-by-example (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Asymptote
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Author's name: Andy Hammerlindl and John Bowman Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The interface for changing the precision for XDR/binary files was simplified; file parameters can now be queried as virtual members. The zoom/menu action was improved to emulate a double-click and assigned again to the right mouse button; a left-button binding bug was fixed. New settings zoomfactor, zoomstep, spinstep, arcballradius, resizestep, and doubleclick were added. The OpenGL thread is now exited gracefully; idle state and other parameters are properly reset on quitting. Lighting is now initialized only in home(). Animations with global=false were fixed. An improved (and free) psview PostScript viewer is now suggested for MSDOS users. A mechanism for disabling annoying warnings like writeoverloaded was implemented. The documentation directory under TeXLive was fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: Asymptote FAQ (Chinese Translation)
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote FAQ (Chinese Translation) Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/asy-faq/zh-cn Summary description: Chinese Translation to the official Asymptote FAQ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Chinese translation of Asymptote FAQ (original English version can be found on http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/FAQ) by goodluck at bbs.ctex.org cvgmt and milksea also contributed to the translation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/asy-faq-zh-cn . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asy-faq-zh-cn (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: ConTeXt Notes
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Notes Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/context-notes-zh-cn Summary description: A ConTeXt tutorial in Chinese License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an introductory tutorial on ConTeXt in Chinese written by Yanrui Li. ConTeXt installation, fonts, layout design, cross-reference, project structure, metafun, presentation design are covered in this tutorial. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-notes-zh-cn . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-notes-zh-cn (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: ctex-faq
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This package is newly installe at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ctex-faq Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /info/ctex-faq Summary description: LaTeX FAQ by the Chinese TeX Society (ctex.org) License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a LaTeX FAQ for the Chinese TeX users. The document was written by LingYun Wu. Most questions were collected on the bbs.ctex.org forum, and answered elaborately by the author. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/ctex-faq . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctex-faq (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: dozenal
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dozenal Author's name: Donald P. Goodman III Location on CTAN: /fonts/dozenal Summary description: Typeset documents using base twelve numbering (also called dozenal) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package supports typesetting documents whose counters are represented in base twelve, also called “dozenal”. It includes a macro by David Kastrup for converting positive whole numbers to dozenal from decimal (base ten) representation. The package also also includes a few other macros and redefines all the standard counters to produce dozenal output. Fonts, in Roman, italic, slanted, and boldface versions, provide ten and eleven (the Pitman characters preferred by the Dozenal Society of Great Britain). The fonts were designed to blend well with the Computer Modern fonts. As of Version 2.0, Type 1 versions of the fonts are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/dozenal . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dozenal (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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